CORRELATION ENGINE FOR GENERATING ANONYMOUS CORRELATIONS BETWEEN PUBLICATION-RESTRICTED DATA AND PERSONAL ATTRIBUTE DATA
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1. A correlation engine apparatus comprisinga network interface;
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wherein the correlation engine is configured to receive publication-restricted data and non-publication-restricted data and generate correlations useable for predictive models, wherein no trace of any personal identifying information (PII) in the publication-restricted data exists in the correlations.
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Abstract
A correlation engine apparatus includes a network interface and a processor, wherein the correlation engine is configured to receive publication-restricted data and non-publication-restricted data and generate correlations useable for predictive models, wherein no trace of any personal identifying information (PII) in the publication-restricted data exists in the correlations.
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21 Claims
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1. A correlation engine apparatus comprising
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a processor; wherein the correlation engine is configured to receive publication-restricted data and non-publication-restricted data and generate correlations useable for predictive models, wherein no trace of any personal identifying information (PII) in the publication-restricted data exists in the correlations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for generating a predictive model comprising:
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receiving transaction data; generating personal identity information (PII) free transaction data by removing any personal identity information contained in the transaction data; generating probability distributions for each transactional category of interest contained in the PII free transaction data; generating joint and conditional probability distributions based on at least two transactional categories; and generating a forward map predictive model P of the joint and conditional probability distributions. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A method for generating a predictive model comprising:
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identifying matching transaction categories between personal identity information (PII) free transaction data and PII free demographic transaction data; generating probability distributions for all transaction and demographic variables in the matching transaction categories; generating joint and conditional probability distributions based on at least two transaction and demographic variables; and generating a reverse map predictive model Q of conditional probabilities from the matching transaction categories back to the demographic variables. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A method for utilizing data in a publication-restricted database in a manner that avoids publication of personal identity information (PII) data, the method comprising:
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(a) generating, from the data in the publication-restricted database a set of aggregated multidimensional matrices that represent one of a population frequency or estimated joint probability of individuals in that database participating in selected constellations of transactions or other behaviors; (b) constructing predictive models that target propensity to participate in particular transactions or other behaviors represented in one or more of these linked joint probability constellations; (c) deriving, from the set of joint probability constellations that represent strongly correlated transactions or other behaviors within the publication-restricted database, predictive models for additional, strongly correlated transactions or other behaviors distinct from the particular model constructed in (b); and (d) utilizing this set of derived models as input in the construction of additional predictive models that target transactions or other behaviors linked by them, wherein the construction of predictive models are enabled by correlating data in the publication-restricted database with non-publication-restricted data found in a separate and distinct database. - View Dependent Claims (21)
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